Coin-counter.



G. H. KINBERG.

COIN COUNTER.

APPLICATION FILED Aua.2r, 1912.

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THE COLUMBIA PLANQGRAPH 110., WASHINGTON, D. c.

G. H. KINBERG.

COIN COUNTER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-27, 1912.

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, oomrrnrn HILTDING KINBERG, or HAMBURG, GERMANY.

COIN-COUNTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 14, 1916.

Application filed August 27, 1912. Serial N 0. 717,272.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gor'rrnrn HILDING KINBERG, a subject of, the King of Sweden, and resident of Hamburg, Germany, have invented the new and useful Improvements in Coin-Counters, of which the following is a specification. I

This invention relates to apparatusfor counting coins or like objects, and has for its object to provide an apparatus having means to insure the accuracy of its operation. ,1

With this object in view my invention provides an apparatus having a movable plate with apertures therein to carry the objects, and means for locking such plate against movement immediately an aperture therein is left vacant.

In the drawing similar letters refer to similar parts.

Figure 1 shows the apparatus ina sectional elevation and Fig. 2 in plan. Fig. 3 is a detail showing the means for stopping the apparatus when the coins are exhausted, Figs. 4 and 5 show a modification of these means.

In the construction shown in the drawings the chambers or partitions for moving the coins or other articles to be counted are formed in a disk 7) rotating above a table 0 with a vertical shaft a suitably journaled. The disk is provided with a series of perforations or partitions 0 arranged in a circle and of a shape adapted to hold the 001118 00 or other articles to be counted. The coins m are stored up in the feeding funnel (Z arranged vertically in a position over one of the partitions 0 so as to allow the lowest coin to fall into the partition coinciding with it, the distance of the lower end of the funnel from the table 6 corresponding to the thickest coin and the thickness of the disk corresponding with that of thethnr nest coin or is somewhat thinner. Thus only one coin can be caught hold of "by each partition. The underface of the disk 1) 1s preferably made to touch the table 6 at least its distance from the same should be as small as possible. The table 6 is carried by four legs or posts f and is provided below the path of the partitions 0 with an open ng or perforation g opposite that side, on which the feedingfunnel (Z is arranged. Below this opening there is the delivery chute Above the disk suitable guides at are carried by a bracket 0 attached to the table, for

coin'drops into the chute h. I'Vhen the par-.

titions are filled by a coin, this coin will pre- .-vent the bar from dropping down. A slot in the table, in line with the bar, allows the bar to penetrate the disk a suiiicient distance to firmly hold it fast. This has the effect to arrest the disk, when the last coin has been delivered and thusto prevent a false registration.

In operation the disk 6 is quickly rotated for instance by conical gearings and Z2 and a crank Z attached to the shaft of the gear Z2 In rotating the openings 0 in succession pass the funnel d and are each filled by a coin m,-which is carried around half-a circle on the table 6 and finally delivered into the chute, as soon as it is brought over the opening 9 of the table. Before the first coin is carried to this point, the locking bar 6 is raised to clear the disk, whereupon it is allowed to drop down on the same ready to arrest its movement, when the last coin is paid out. The coins delivered by the chute h are caught by suitable bags or boxes. The rotation of the disk is transported by suitable known driving means to any known counting and registering means not shown, from which the number of the counted coins can be read ofi. Since it may happen that now and then bent coins are placed into the funnel, that part of the plate 6, which is below the funnel d is made removable. In the construction shown it is made in the shape of a slide m, which can be drawn out and pushed in again to remove the obstacle. The locking piece or bar is preferably rounded off at its lower edge, in order to allow it to mount the disk, when the upper surface of the coins are not flush with the upper surface of the disk. This however causes the locking piece to vibrate up and down, when the disk is quickly rotated. This drawback will particularly take place, when coins are counted that are of considerable less diameter than the chambers or openings in the disk. It may then even happen, that the locking piece penetrates the gap left between the rim of the coin and that of the chamber, thus even stopping or,

hindering the movement of the disk. To

avoidthis the locking piece is given a con- 'siderable broad foot, so that it cannot fall down from the disk into a chamber until the coin is below the bearing face of the lock ng piece, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5. The lock ing-piece 2' shown in these figures has the shape of a piston of a diameter somewhat smaller than that of the smallest coins to be counted. Of course the opening 70 for allowing the loclrin-gpiec'e to descend, when there is nocoin in the chamber shouldcon respond to the cross section of the locking piece as before. V

It will be clearly understood that the size of coins to be counted may vary, as long as they are larger than the diameter of the piston and smaller than that of the chamber.

For still larger coins it Will'benecessary to exchange the disk for another, that is pro vided with correspondingly; larger chambers.

I claim: 7

' 1. An apparatus for counting coins and the like comprising a coin feeding device; a

fixed table having a delivery opening for said coins, a rotatable sheet having a series of equidistant perforations adapted to hold said coins singly and move them'along the table, astandard mounted on said table at Copies '01 this: patent may be obtained for :a distance from said delivery opening substantially equal to that between the successive perforations in the sheet, and a locking piece adapted to slide Within said standard and to cooperate with the perforations in the sheet to stop the rotation of same when the coins areexhausted.

the like comprising a fixed table having a delivery opening for said coins and a smaller opening in proximity to said delivery opening, a movable sheet having a series'of per-r forations forming chambers adapted to hold the coins singly and move them along on said table, a vertically slidable locking piece adapted to normally bear on the surfaces of the movable sheet or the coins respectively,

the lower end of said locking piece being so five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner or ratents; Washington, D. G.

2. An apparatus for counting coins and 

